Volunteer to Help Seniors Celebrate the High Holy Days
Volunteer to Help Seniors Celebrate the High Holy Days
Annual Passover for All Program Seeks Donations and Volunteers
Jewish Family Service of St. Paul (JFS) is recruiting volunteers for Passover for All, an annual community outreach effort. In partnership with the Minnesota JCC, kosher-for-Passover food and supplies are provided to families to help them celebrate the holiday.
JFS and United Family Physicians Offer FREE Advance Care Planning During April
Jewish Family Service of St. Paul (JFS) and United Family Physicians of Allina Health will offer free advance care planning during the month of April, National Healthcare Decisions Month.
New Members Join Board of Directors
JFS welcomed new members Tom Cytron-Hysom, Joel Glaser, Bruce Goodman, Jamie Maddeaux and Andy Rapoport to the board of directors during its June meeting.
Summer Shabbat Celebrations
JFS Community Chaplain Rabbi Lynn Liberman, BCC, and para-chaplain and cantor Deb Winston will offer a series of three videos to celebrate Shabbat this summer.
Volunteers Needed for Annual Passover for All
JFS is recruiting volunteers for Passover for All, an annual community outreach effort. In partnership with the Minnesota JCC, kosher-for-Passover food and supplies are provided to families to help them celebrate the holiday. There are three opportunities to help with this community outreach effort.
JFS Receives Grant From Federation’s Yad B’Yad Campaign
The St. Paul Jewish Federation has announced that Jewish Family Service of St. Paul (JFS) will receive a total of $80,000 in grants from its St. Paul Jewish Community Campaign for COVID Relief.
Otto Bremer Trust Awards Grant to JFS
The grant will be used to strengthen social service programs focused on economic stability, mental health, and self-reliance for seniors and low-income individuals.
Community Support Program Continues
The Community Support Program continues to be available to everyone. During this unprecedented time of uncertainty, many people are understandably expressing increased feelings of anxiety, depression and isolation. In response to the need for additional mental health services, we developed this new program that includes three 20-minute phone conversations with one of our mental health professionals at no cost.
JFS St. Paul’s Essential Programs Funded by Donations
Please help us improve more lives with your gift before the end of the year. Together, we can help more people face the most ordinary and extraordinary circumstances in their lives.